Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 25 Jun 1998 07:56:27 +0200 (MET DST) | From | MOLNAR Ingo <> | Subject | Re: Scheduler fixes |
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On 25 Jun 1998, Michael O'Reilly wrote:
> How often is schedule() called anyway? Even if it's 1000 times per > second, you're talking much less than 0.1% of cpu time.
although i agree with you on the topic, this reasoning is false :) Just add 100 such features and it will end up eating 10% CPU time ... this way lies the devil. The point is, we should not look at the global overhead, we should look at wether a given mechanizm is fundamentally needed or not.
-- mingo
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